Chalesa Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Chalesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 108 | 1:146,759 | 10,610 |
| Lesotho | 6 | 1:338,760 | 16,589 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Chalesa (18) may also be a first name.
Chalesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chalesa occurs most in Zambia. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalesa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,701,480th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chalesa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 18 people.
Chalesa is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 146,759. In Zambia Chalesa is most common in: North-Western Province, where 63 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 32 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 4 percent are found. Barring Zambia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 5 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chalesa
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